S. Vijay Kumar reports: A ransomware attack is said to have encrypted certain sensitive documents of the Tamil Nadu Public Department since Friday morning. Some of the files encrypted relate to VIP visits, their programmes and related arrangements made by State Protocol officials, official sources said. While the suspect has demanded payment of 1,950 USD…
Category: Malware
BlackMatter Hits Grain Cooperative With Ransomware Attack
William Turton reports: Iowa-based grain cooperative New Cooperative Inc. was struck by ransomware in recent days and has shut down its computer systems as it tries to mitigate the attack. The attack occurred on or around Friday, according to Allan Liska, senior threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future Inc. The ransomware gang, which goes by the name…
Getting caught up: Conti domains seized by Irish Garda
A story by Stephen Breen inThe Irish Sun yesterday included reference to an update on the HSE attack by Conti: Earlier this month, cops seized several websites belonging to the Russian gang behind the attack in a major “disruption operation”. If anyone logs on to the sites they will see a screen warning the site…
PA: Horizon House notifying patients of ransomware attack in March
I do not recall ever seeing Horizon House in Philadelphia listed on any dedicated leak site used by ransomware groups, but according to a press release issued last week, Horizon House experienced a ransomware attack in March 2 and March 5 of this year that encrypted their files and allowed the unknown threat actor to…
City of Mount Vernon Government Stops Attempted Cyber Attack-Hack
The City of Mount Vernon has apparently dodged a bullet, when a cyber attack was quickly confined. Here is the statement from Mayor Shawyn Patterson. “Last Friday, the City of Mount Vernon was subject to an attempted cyber-attack which targeted the City’s internal email and cloud storage systems. The isolated breach was quickly confined thanks…
U.S. to Target Crypto Ransomware Payments With Sanctions
Well, this is not exactly what I suggested yesterday on Twitter as a strategy (I suggested that every ransomware group that hits the medical sector should be declared a terrorist organization and put on the Treasury’s sanctioned list), but it could help. Ian Talley and Dustin Volz report: The Biden administration is preparing an array…